Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 15, 2010 3:09 pm Building the Monte Carlo with McD Jones View my building thread @ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37255 Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones - Bricking starts! 3Aug 15, 2010 3:42 pm Building the Monte Carlo with McD Jones View my building thread @ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37255 Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 6Aug 16, 2010 7:54 am Building The Chesterfield Grande with McDonald Jones https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=33587 Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 7Aug 16, 2010 9:51 am Hi Bon, Sorry to hear about the slow progress but, fantastic to see some of your ideas!!! I love the colour selection! interesting also to see you chose a porcelain tile as i think they are a great addition. We have our colour selection tomorrow and have priced the tiles/tiling privately to see what the costing variance will be as well as the caesar stone. If it blows the budget, we will do it ourselves. Also i think you have motivated me to start a blog myself. Keep us in the loop!! Gav Building the Monte Carlo with side activities in Mt Annan MY BLOG: http://gavsfirstbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 8Aug 16, 2010 10:21 am ooow, how did I miss this! congrats on your thread and your build. Look forward to seeing it Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 9Aug 16, 2010 11:11 am Hi Bon We are also building with McD Jones in the Hunter Valley. We are building the Beach House Manor and hopefully should be getting the keys in the next few weeks. We have had a really successful build with Mc Jones, if we get the keys by the end of the month it will be a 5 1/2 month build from the day the cut in was done -which I don't think is too bad. The only complaint I would have is the lack of committment to giving dates and times and getting info out of our SS is like pulling teeth, which can be frustrating at times. Otherwise it is a beautiful house and I love it, I am just very desperate to now move in and we are hoping for a handover date soon. Good luck with your build I hope you it goes as smoothly as ours. Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 10Aug 16, 2010 2:32 pm mattmaca We're going with the Balinese Tropicana "C" Facade which was a suprise as it didn't really stand out on their web site but when we saw it for real at the Harrington Display home we just loved it. We considered the Childrens Activities Room which is excellent but have gone with the Parents Retreat. We have also dropped the study as it just didn't feel right being the first thing you see when walking into the house as well of course the extra cost that came with it. We have a Monte Carlo currently being built not far from here that also has the Vogue Executive Facade. Can't recall but is there a variation from the facade pic you posted in that you would lose the smaller window as thats where the study would have been so the garage slides across to make it square as you mentioned. Anyway good luck with your build and i'm sure i'll be poking my head in to see how things progress as we have only just had a quote,paid the 3k and are accepting the quote tom to get everything started. Hi Matt Welcome to H1 and good luck with your build. Keep us posted with your progress I love the Balinese facades!!! I didn't see it in the flesh until after we had signed up but gee I wish I had - gorgeous. I agree with your comments on the study - such an odd place to put it. I think the facade looks better with it and I wish I could locate a study elsewhere in the house but oh well. Building the Monte Carlo with McD Jones View my building thread @ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37255 Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 11Aug 16, 2010 2:33 pm kiwi ooow, how did I miss this! congrats on your thread and your build. Look forward to seeing it Thanks Kiwi - Building the Monte Carlo with McD Jones View my building thread @ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37255 Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 12Aug 16, 2010 2:35 pm 2nd time building Hi Bon We are also building with McD Jones in the Hunter Valley. We are building the Beach House Manor and hopefully should be getting the keys in the next few weeks. We have had a really successful build with Mc Jones, if we get the keys by the end of the month it will be a 5 1/2 month build from the day the cut in was done -which I don't think is too bad. The only complaint I would have is the lack of committment to giving dates and times and getting info out of our SS is like pulling teeth, which can be frustrating at times. Otherwise it is a beautiful house and I love it, I am just very desperate to now move in and we are hoping for a handover date soon. Good luck with your build I hope you it goes as smoothly as ours. Hi 2TB I love the Beach House - the one on display at Fern Bay is great! Congrats on your build - I think some photos are in order!!! PLEASE Building the Monte Carlo with McD Jones View my building thread @ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37255 Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 13Aug 16, 2010 2:39 pm woodduck Hi Bon, It's finally all action when they get to the slab stage. I noticed you have an additional shower rose in the ensuite, we also added one, but noticed on the weekend after the plumber had been that he hasnt included it. About to ring the builder now and see what happens. We will be following your build, good luck. Woodduck Thanks Steve I'm just hoping my build runs along as quickly as yours seems to be Building the Monte Carlo with McD Jones View my building thread @ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37255 Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 14Aug 16, 2010 2:56 pm gavmer1 Hi Bon, Sorry to hear about the slow progress but, fantastic to see some of your ideas!!! I love the colour selection! interesting also to see you chose a porcelain tile as i think they are a great addition. We have our colour selection tomorrow and have priced the tiles/tiling privately to see what the costing variance will be as well as the caesar stone. If it blows the budget, we will do it ourselves. Also i think you have motivated me to start a blog myself. Keep us in the loop!! Gav Thanks Gav - I can't wait to see all of the colours come together! I LOVE porcelain tiles too. I am sure that they are must cheaper if you source them yourself but that was just one of the many things in my "too hard basket". Good luck with your selections! Make sure you start your thread too so we can all see the pics Building the Monte Carlo with McD Jones View my building thread @ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37255 Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones - piers and slab 15Aug 19, 2010 8:19 pm Well this week things have finally started happening! On Monday our piers were done - we came in under our allowance so thankfully no unexpected cost there. Below is a pic of the wonderful guys from Entire Concrete doing their thing Today our pods were done although I didn't get a photo because it was dark by the time I went and had a look ... but the BIG NEWS is (weather permitting) we get SLABBED tomorrow I will be sure to take lots of photos this weekend Fingers crossed we have some frame happening by the end of the month. Building the Monte Carlo with McD Jones View my building thread @ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37255 Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 16Aug 19, 2010 9:45 pm Good luck for tomorrow, dont forget to sign your name on the corner of the slab! Building The Chesterfield Grande with McDonald Jones https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=33587 Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 17Aug 20, 2010 3:16 pm Hey Bon, Fantastic news and great to see things getting further along!!! I did start a blog also, check it out in my signature! I dont know if i have seen them somewhere else but, did you post your internal colours?? I am always curious as to what others are doing... Gav Building the Monte Carlo with side activities in Mt Annan MY BLOG: http://gavsfirstbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 18Aug 21, 2010 5:19 pm Well no slab on Friday - fingers crossed for Monday. I will be signing - thanks for the reminder Steve Great work on the blog gav - I will be watching it closely! I haven't posted my internal selections yet - am keeping you all guessing (jokes ... just been lazy but I'll get to it soon). Hoping to have slab photos on next week! Building the Monte Carlo with McD Jones View my building thread @ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37255 Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 19Aug 30, 2010 9:25 am Hey Bon, How goes it all????? Im hanging to see those internal selections! What did you do with flooring?? Building the Monte Carlo with side activities in Mt Annan MY BLOG: http://gavsfirstbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Bon's Monte Carlo with McD Jones 20Aug 31, 2010 6:33 pm Hi Gav Well everything is flying along - I have just been too busy to post. Our slab was poured on Monday 23 August and our electricity was connected sometime shortly after. On Friday 27 August they started putting up the steel frame - I did a driveby at lunch and the roof trusses have gone up today. YAY!! I will post photos as soon as I get a chance. I will post our internal selections (including tiles and carpet) too. We got all our flooring through the builder - lazy I know. We went with polished porcelain tiles (60 x 60) to the entry and family area and carpet to the rest of the house. I LOVE your selections gav especially the tiles (and wish I had thought of an undermount sink)!! You should have your electrical next - chase them up and try and get any appointment that has been cancelled. When we went through they were running late and doing electricals as variations after the contract was signed - best for you and your lender to know the total sum now than face a budget blow-out after electricals! Good luck Building the Monte Carlo with McD Jones View my building thread @ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37255 Hi AKG, We had a base tender of $592 for 31 squares from MC Donald Jones. It looks relatively cheaper than other builders. But I assume there are many hidden things that… 1 16834 Hi, Have used the Dulux 1 step, oil base on my walls(white set), out of can it’s already a more thinner product than a final coat paint Also in water base Water or… 3 5024 Thanks mate, is there a standard off the shelf type breathable product I can apply DIY? Thanks 2 8212 |